Angina pectoris, often delayed by the word "pain"

Angina pectoris is a clinical syndrome caused by the insufficient blood supply to the coronary arteries, leading to sharp myocardial, temporary ischemia and hypoxia. The name "pain" in angina pectoris is in fact, in fact, a considerable number of people's angina pectoris in clinical practice will not produce a clear pain. They often use their chests to tighten, oppressive, heavy, sullen and other words to describe Unwilling. Most of the duration of angina pectoris is 3-5 minutes. Stop activity and tongue can be relieved after 1-3 minutes. It will rarely exceed 15 minutes. If it disappears, it can be relieved in a few seconds, or the symptoms last dozens of minutes, 1 hour, or even hours to a few days, it is definitely not angina pectoris.

If the chest discomfort caused by myocardial ischemia for more than 15 minutes or longer does not alleviate, it can cause myocardial necrosis, that is, myocardial infarction occurs. Myocardial infarction is similar to angina pectoris, but the degree is more intense, the symptoms last longer, and the nitroglycerin is also invalid. In addition, there are many causes of sudden chest pain. In addition to angina pectoris, aortic clamping, esophageal rupture, spontaneous pneumothorax, pulmonary infarction, stomach disease, etc. can be manifested as sudden chest pain, so you must keep in mind: chest pain must go to the hospital.

Author: Hu Dayi

Source: Shaanxi Science and Technology News

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